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F. N. McGLOTHLEN. Box NMLIN'G BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I.'I9I8.

Patented May 13, 1919.

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BOX NMLING BENCH.

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BOX NAILING BENCH.

APPLICATION FILED nuem. 19:8.

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UNITED STATES EETEET f EEE rumiY NEWTON ivroeno'riinniv, on Yakima, Wiisrilimfron.,` i

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Be it known that I, PURDY NEWTON MC-GLOTHLEN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of Washingtomhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box'- Nailing Benches, of which.. the following is a speciicatiomreference being `had to` the accompanyingdrawings.- i.

This invention relates to box` formingmachines, and particularly to a `machine for holding the ends of box blanks in position while the side walls of the boxare being nailed in place. y i

One object of the invention is to provide a blank supporting table With end `blank clamps adapted to resiliently clamp F upon the boXend's and support them while the sides of theboX` are being nailedin place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character with a table having folding legs and folding braces, i

and inthis connection to provide a nail stripper support which is foldable in `upon the table anda cleat pan support which is also foldable into or out of operative posi* tion.

Still another object is toprovidea table tachment whereby relatively shallowboxes may be assembled.

i Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein :e y

Figure 1 'is a top plan view of a bench constructed in accordance with my invention; i

Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe construction illustrated fin Fig. 1; y

Fig. 3'is a longitudinal' vertical sectional view;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view7 on an enlarged scale on the line Meligig Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mayflalla i .Application led August.31,1918. `Seria11\To.2`52,188. y

Fig. 5 is a inertie@ .te Fig. ist@ @fifths 1 Fig. G iis .a fragmentary sectional view lon theline `6.--16of Fig. 1,; w1 1. Fig. `7 is a fragmentary topfplan viewof the forward end `of the bench` showing my supporting attachment appliedlthereon;` i

-. Fig.` 8` i a fragmentary vertical longtufdinal section" of the `bench showing theat- `tachment thereon; `and i Fin'. 9 `is a perspective viewlofr one of: the i `filler blocks used `betvveen`. theclamp wings. .Referring to Figs.H 1, 2` and `it will be seen that4 `improved 'bench comprises the longitudinal planks 10,` whichwmay be of any suitable length and Which-are supported 1f; i

bers 10 and nailed `or otherwise rigidly attachedthereto.

The table :thusformed i four legs. #There are a pair of forwardlegs 12 and `rear legs 13,y disposed inwardof the cross pieces 11 andhinged by hingesl: to the members 10 so that the" legs 12 and 13 i will` fold upkin parallelrelationto themembers .10. Theseilegsrare disposed in offset relation to each other,` .las illustratedin Fig.` l2,

so that the legs maybe folded. The legs are held in their normaler supporting position by means of a pair of forwardlyra'nd real".- Wardly extending braces 15, each brace being pivoted atl to thecorresponding rear leg and? being connected to the corresponding forward Yleg by means of `a removable bolt or screw 17. The 4supporting frameis `further bracedfby means ofamedially disposed brace "18, hingedlat 19 to the forward transverse member 11 and notched at its rear end to engage over a transversely lextending brace 20 attached' tothe rear legsl. It fwill be seen that the braces 15 can fold backiinto a [position parallel to the 'legs13 when the legs are folded andthat the brace v18 can also fold parallel to the memberslO, thus providing for avery compact table when folded and for easy transportation.` i

Mounted upon` the table formed by the members 10a-nd extending from the `front to the rear thereof `are..the `vertically disposed* supporting members or boards 21 land 21a., one on each of the members .10@ The member 21? is shown as rigidly held` in position against any lateral movement or adjustment,`

by' meansofthe angle 252, as illustrated` i in F 6. The member 21 is intended to be ladjusted toward-or from the member 21a and to this end is partial-ly Vsupported vby means of an angle iron 23 which is slotted on its base and held to the table by means of a wing bolt 24 passing through the slot. These members`21and 21"a,areconneeted to each other by means of forward and 'rearward transversely extending t-ie rods 25, each tie rod/@being made. in two sectionsA connected by a turn buckle 26. By "rota-ting these turn buckles, 'the '.memberff2l. may be drawn toward or forced away from the member 21a wit/hin' certainI llirni'tsfandigthen: the member '21.is-bracediniits#adjusted position by .'-tighteningwthe :belt-224cv.

'Bhemembers'21` 1and21f vdo not extend'the full. length 'fofQthe-ltable, -but terminate short of the forward end thereofanddisposed on feeaclinside:'oftthemembers` 21y :and 2la are the clamping Zwings 5.27: randc28, there beingl a pair fof 'tl-reseclantqeing'ly wings. forA each 'member 2l' 1f;or121@ and the: lwing v27.. extending beyond the 'winga28. -'Iihe'sef wings 27 and 28 extend towardthevfonwardfedge ofthe table andare -adaptedfftorrecei'vef between lthem the yend boards'vo-ifthe"ibex.: Attached tothe table, immediately!lbeneaththe! spaeegbetween each pairfef'wingsgns a strripnof metal l29. upon which the end board of the box isadapted 'ter restwvllienfnailingisbeing done.

e Tlieme1nberf27'on onefsideaof the table has uprights@ extending up from" it forming guides-whereby the'gposition of the slats on :the1.completed box may be indicated. The membersf27f and28'areyieldingly held to the member-21 orz2lt, as'i'llustrated in detailnin Figs'4 and: 5,. .'Fi'gax4 illustrates-thevmanner ofengaging thezrwings 27 and 28 with the suppent 2lfenftlrel: right hand side of the table while'fFi-g. c5 shows the manner which thef'winrgsf27 :and-28 are' engaged with the support' 21%uponfthe left. hand side-v of the table. f Fig. 4rthe1ear endsrofthe wings 27r=and 28farerengagedz with the supporting member-"21 byxmeansi of. a bolt35 which passes loosely? throughtheseiwings 27 and 28 buttheiwingz28ii's :held' intspaeedZ relation to tha-'support 21bymeans .of .a spring 37 disposed '.partlyfjin recess A.36 in the member t 21?. lThisy spring". urgesfthef wing327 against thel `memberf2l but. urges". the member. 287:-1inffslightly lspacedfrelation .tot the memben 21,. permitting, fhowever, a slight move' ment' forl fthe members .27 vand 28 toward or'fromffeach' :ether-.r-The wings 27 and 28 at their forward endsare 'urged' against the member 21'by/thev lb'oltsf.31'andA 34. The vbolt 31l passes-f :throughf @the member. 27, :through the member. 112'1 Hand through an enlarged opening in 'the'wing 28; The spring 33 bears at one rend against'thefwing vnut- 32 andfat its'lother endiibearsl'against the member 21.

Thus the .wing1 271 isyieldingly urged toward.

the" member' 21T; i The? wing 28y `is urged .to-

ward the member 21 by a spring 33 surrounding a bolt 34 and bearing at one end agamst the nut 32 and at the other against .the member 28.

serted against the member 21 and the attached wing 27 and then the other end of the box inserted lbetween the clamping wings 27 and 28 on the opposite side. Thus anysli'ght differences in length in the box are provided for by permitting the end abutted against the member 21 to yield slightly in one direcition or the other.

Mounted upon the members 10 isa shuck rack for supporting blanks, the rack as illustrated in Fig; 3 beingcomposed of a pair of irons 39, each iron having a portion extending parallel to the table and being bent at its ends to forml downwardly extending ends 40 which are detachably connected to the table by means of bolts and wing nuts 41. The irons 39 extendy from a point rearward of the forward edges of the members 21 and 21@L tothe rear edge of the tableV and to the `portions 40 are attached the upright irons 42, these irons beingwdetachably connected to the portions 40. The box blanks are adapted to be supported by these irons 39. i

Attached to one sidefof the table by means of a bracket ris a `semi-cylindricalI metallic cleat pan 43, the bracket being composed of two sections 44 and 45 engaged with the table by means of the thumb screws 4Gl and with the bac-k wall of the cleat pan by means of a bolt 47 having a wing nut. On theopposite side of the table is disposed the nail strip rack, designated generally 48, formed of two brackets 49 -and connecting cross pieces and .adaptedl to support a box 50. The cleat pan and. itsbracket and the rack 48 may be transposed in position so that :the bench may be yarranged either for a right handed or a left handed'man. As illustrated the `bench is arranged lfor a right handed man.

In: the operation yof this Work holder, as far as illustrated, the sides of the box and the bottoms of the box are pla-ced upon `the rack formed by the irons 39. The ends of the boxes are placed on the lHoor handy to the operator. The operator picks up vthe ends of the boxes two at a time and these ends are placed in the wings first. Then the operator reaches forward and takes the side from the shuck rack and places `it onto the side edges of the box, nails it on, andthen the box is given ariquarterturn andthe two pieces of the bottoms are disposed onflthe bottom` side of the box;` theny cleats are placed on the ends-ofthebox and the bot-` toms and cleats `nailed on. j Thenthe'box :is given another. quarter' turn and the" other side is nailed on. Uprights 57; illustrated in Figs. f1 and 2, may bendisposedbetween the wings 28to form vertically :extending stops against whichfthe sides may be abutted when nailing `the sides on;` i The irons 42 aredetachable from their upright position and: may be laid downlup'on the irons 391 and bolted thereto so that they will lie down on .top of the shuck rack.` `The con-s tainer 43 is designedfor theucleats. and is semi-circulariin formso that the lcleatswill not form a solid mass,but thecleats will be separatedufrom eachother;v d d The mechanism, as heretofore described, is adapted for the. formation offrelatively deep boxes but in order' to formrelatively shallow boxes, such as are used for prunes,

I provide an attachment which is il1us" trated in Figs. 7 to 9. This attachmentcomprises a. pair of angular brackets, designated 51, they ends of which are detachably con nected to a corresponding forward leg 12 by means of bolts and wing nuts 52 and the horizontal portions of these brackets supporting the transverse nailing strip 53 which is approximately four inches wide and is disposed -just in advance of the transverse braces 11. The distance from the .top of the j pair of wing clamps, which is adapted to be inserted between said wing clamps and which is provided upon its upper face with a. metal strip 55 corresponding to the metal strip 29. The forward end of this filler 54 is also provided with a metallic strip 56 which is attached toi the end of the corresponding member 10 by means of a screw or other attaching device. By this means the relatively narrow end blank may be inserted between the wings 27 and 28 and rest upon the metallic strip 55, while one side of the box is being nailed to the end bla-nk. When this has pbeen accomplished, the partially completed box is disposed upon the cross bar 53 with the bottom in a vertical position and then one side of the box is nailed in place and the box turned half over and the other side is nailed in place. i

It will be seen that this box holder is of very simple construction and that it is particularly convenient. The end blanks may be easily inserted within the clamps by disposing the end blank with its end against the member 28 and then forcing the blank laterally outward to engage with the member 27 and force the member 27 laterally outward untillthe blank willslip in between thememibers 27 `and28. Thesprings `will then hold the end blanks very rigidly in position while the nailing is being effected. f `The device maybe readily `taken apart and folded` for transportation; Allof the part-s which go to make up the box aref supported within `convenient reaching distance ofiV the operator.

acter described comprising "table, apair of vertical forwardly and rearwardly extending members mounted upon the table and spaced from the forward edge thereof, a pair of clamping wings yieldingly mounted upon each of the vertical members and extending to the forward edge of the table and resiliently urged toward each other, one of said vertical members being adjustable toward or from the other vertical member. j

3. A work supporting bench includinea a table, forwardly and rearwardly extending vertical members mounted upon the table, the forward edges of said members being spaced from the forward edge of the table, tie rods connecting said members, the tie rods being adapted to be shortened or lengthened whereby to adjust the members, means holding said members to the table, and two pairs of clamping wings, one pair for each vertical member disposed on each side thereof and extending to the forward edge of the table, means loosely connecting the rear ends of said clamping wings to the corresponding vertical member, and means yieldingly urging the wings toward each other. j

4. A work supporting bench of the character described comprising a table, vertically disposed, forwardly and rearwardly extending members mounted upon the table, One of said members being rigidly connected to the table and the other adjustable` toward or from the rigid member, the forward edges of said vertical members being spaced from the forward edgeof the table, two pairs of clamping wings, one pair for each vertical member disposed on each side the clamping fwings of each pair toward the intervening; vertical o member, the clamping wingsbeing less iniheight than the vertical member and Vertical: Stops disposed between the' :pairs of wclamping members and withwtheir edges inalinement with the forward'iedgeslo-fthe :ver-tical'members 5. Thecombinationwitha table having two pairs of forwardly extendedblank clamps mounted thereon and resiliently n urgedftoward each .other,;of fillers .adapted to; beyfinserted: between thef lclamps and 'having; ak Y depth g less; than the l.depth of the clfnnp'sg means .for detachablyf' connecting thellers in place land holding them in posi# tionffi'brac'kets` operatively'y `supported;- upon they` table j and v extending 'beyond the front edgeythereof, land la, cross bar lmountedy upon said ,brackets.v f. Y i -f 6; A- .work `supportingybench including a tabl@ Y forwardly.' lrnd yrearwardly, extending vertical i members. mountedfuponI the r table, the.:`I forward ,edges of, 'Seidl members ,being vmember toward; the forward edge of the table,` said clamping wings being. less in height'` 'them' thel corresponding vertical member, means yieldingly holdingy the clamping wings of eachpair from relative outward movement, andd pair of supporting members disposed between the vertical members and extending'upward. from the table; thenr rearward'. andy downward kto pro vide. a supporting rack.

In testimony wh'ereofI hereunto affix my signature' in thepresenee; of "two witness-s.

PURDY- NEWTON MCGLOTHLEN., Witnesses: I

E. C. YOUNG, C. ALEXANDER.-

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